Outside of perhaps Alfred Hitchcock, it’s arguable that there has never been a film director as significant in Britain as Ken Loach. In his seven decade career, Loach’s unrivalled filmography has been the most potent, artistic voice for the dispossessed in his native England. It is a tragedy for both the art form and the country that his new film will be his last. At 87, the man is drawing a line under this remarkable career, which began in the 1960s and has enjoyed multiple peaks. His final film, ‘The Old Oak’, marks a completion of a trilogy of social dramas set in the north-east of England and is as touching and as human as either of the two that came before it.
 
We sat down with Ken Loach to talk about his latest, and last film, to ask him about the importance of hope in politics, the rise of the far-right across Europe and why your last film has to be the one you just can't avoid making. 
 

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